Classics You Slept Through: Episode 25 - Northanger Abbey (Chapters 27 - 31)

We've finally made it to the end of Northanger Abbey. Will Catherine's story end in happiness and solicitude? 

Listen along, and let's find out!

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Classics You Slept Through: Episode 24 - Northanger Abbey  Discussion 4 (Chap. 21 - 26)

Murder! Mystery! Intrigue! ...or is there? 

Catherine is at Northanger, and things aren't all that they seem. A dead wife, an unpleasant husband, mysterious storage to investigate - it's all fodder for Catherine's overactive imagination. What does Henry see in her!?

Join us as we go over the action at the titular abbey, then tune in to the next episode, when we close out the book!

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Classics You Slept Through: Episode 23 - Northanger Abbey Chapters 21 - 26

Now we really get to it: Catherine has been invited to stay with the Tilneys at Northanger Abbey, and her Gothic dreams are finally to be realized... or are they?

Listen in and let's find out!

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Classics You Slept Through: Episode 22 - Northanger Abbey Discussion 3 (Chap. 14 - 20)

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CONTENT WARNING: In this episode, I do bring up a word that I censored from the last reading. It's not a racial slur, but it sure sounds like one, and we discuss why I felt it appropriate to change.

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What's this? Two podcasters in the same room?? That's right! Mere and I are co-located for this week's episode of CYST, as we break down the next section of Northanger Abbey. Does it improve our analysis at all? Probably not, but it does make editing the episode much easier!

We finally say good bye to Bath and reach the titular Northanger Abbey! Is it as spooky, mysterious, and romantically Gothic as our dear Catherine hopes?? Well... you'll have to tune in to tomorrow's reading to find out!

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Classics You Slept Through: Episode 21 - Northanger Abbey - Chapters 14 - 20

*** Reupload -  episode audio issues fixed 10 AUG ***

What more could you ask for from a book of this era? There's proposals and discussions of livings and pounds per year. It's like catnip for the Austen faithful!

Have a seat, turn up the audio on your favorite headphones, and listen in as we read to you the next section of Northanger Abbey!

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Classics You Slept Through: Episode 20 - Northanger Abbey Discussion 2 (Chapters 9 - 13)

Grab a dear friend to dote on, hitch up your gig, and settle in for a break down of all the action in Bath! We have carriage rides, kidnappings(?), the theater, plans made and changed, and some chastisement of the staff! It's all the British summer excitement that you can handle!

For next week: read through chapter 20.

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Classics You Slept Through: Episode 19 - Northanger Abbey - Chapters 9 - 13

And now, we've got some drama! Enough with setup, this section gets us into some actual action and intrigue! We've got open air carriage rides, dances and flirtation, middle school level social interactions... and an attempted kidnapping?!

Grab a friend, listen along, and get a mini book club going! Drop us a line and tell us if you're cringing from John Thorpe as much as we are.

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Classics You Slept Through: Episode 18 - Northanger Abbey Discussion 1 (Chap. 1 - 8)

We kick off our look at Northanger Abbey by examining the landmarks of Bath and wondering what a summer there is really like. We meet our main characters, and enjoy Jane Austen's fourth wall breaks.

A correction in this episode: Mere called Austen a Victorian author... she was a Regency period author. She profusely apologizes for such an egregious oversight.

She also references a TED talk, which you can find here.

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Classics You Slept Through: Episode 17 - Northanger Abbey - Chapters 1 - 8

It's the start of our fourth book and we're taking a big swing, going right to the top - Jane Austen.

She's probably one of the biggest, most read, most beloved authors in the world... and for good reason. She's a phenomenal writer, and her works are full of wit, sarcasm, heart, and character. 

Download the ebook, if you want to read along, and we'll start discussing it next week.

Listen with us, leave a review, and tell us what you think of the book!

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One final bonus episode this week, as we ramp up to get back to your regularly scheduled podcasts! Today, Mere has selected a few poems from Robert Louis Stevenson's A Child's Garden of Verses, and they're read by our dad! You get to listen to the voice that read to us growing up. Usually it put us to sleep at bedtime, but hopefully it won't have such an effect on you!

Poems you'll find in this episode:

• To Any Reader
• Travel
• Bed in Summer
• Auntie's Skirts
• The Land of Counterpane
• The Land of Nod
• My Shadow
• Escape at Bedtime
• The Swing
• The Unseen Playmate
• My Ship and I
• My Kingdom
• The Dumb Soldier
• Autumn Fires
• Night and Day
• The Moon
• The Land of Story-Books

Also, while briefly discussing last week's shaggy dog story, I made reference to Norm Macdonald's moth joke. Take a few minutes to check it out - it's one of my favorites!

For next week, we'll be starting Northanger Abbey! Look for chapters 1 - 8 in your feed on Tuesday!

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